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Nova Era

Nova Era

2025·Andrea Chiarvesio

Videos
18
Creators
15

Mainly reviews. Nova Era is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 10 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, 3 recorded sessions, and 2 unboxings.

2 - 4 players
60 - 90 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

From BoardGameGeek

In Nova Era, players guide their civilization from humble tribal beginnings to vast scientific empires, navigating the twists and turns through eras of history. Harness the power of technology, expand territories, and enlist famous (and sometimes infamous) personalities from across history. Civilizations face constant threats from rival nations, natural disasters, social unrest, and the ever-looming possibility of a dark age. The objective of Nova Era is to build the greatest civilization. This is done by strategically choosing the most beneficial technologies, territories, and personalities from the tableau, evolving them as the players go through the annals of time. Players score by having a variety and/or majority of different technology types, as well as fulfilling various card objectives. Gameplay revolves around drafting and spending dice, with different dice types providing different resources, bonuses, and penalties for players. Overextending your own dice leads to civil unrest, and dice unused by players fill up the progress bars of natural disasters and the Dark Age, affecting all players across the table. Once all dice actions are taken, an era ends and a new one begins. At the end of three eras, the game ends and the most prosperous civilization wins! -description from the publisher

Nova Era

Watch first

Learn to play

Nova Era - How To Play33:06

Nova Era - How To Play

Watch It Played

Watch It Played

Review

The Discriminating Gamer: Nova Era12:46

The Discriminating Gamer: Nova Era

The Discriminating Gamer

The Discriminating Gamer

Watch it played

Nova Era: 2 Player Play Through2:45:48

Nova Era: 2 Player Play Through

The Meeple Monkey

The Meeple Monkey

Which Nova Era video should I watch?

Nova Era has 18 videos from 15 creators: 10 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, 3 playthroughs and 2 unboxings. They date from 2024 to December 2025.

To learn the rules, start with "Nova Era - How To Play" by Watch It Played, which runs 33 min. For a quicker teach, "How to play Nova Era" by JestaThaRogue runs 12 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "The Discriminating Gamer: Nova Era" by The Discriminating Gamer. 9 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Nova Era: 2 Player Play Through" by The Meeple Monkey, one of 3 playthroughs.

If you like it, try Marvel United, Marvel United: X-Men, Marvel United: Multiverse and Kingsburg, also by Andrea Chiarvesio.

All videos

Nova Era: The Civilization Builder That Doesn't Waste Your Time!Review5:12

Nova Era: The Civilization Builder That Doesn't Waste Your Time!

Ronald aka The BoardGameBruh

Ronald aka The BoardGameBruh

Nova Era Review | Ruling an Empire is HardReview14:10

Nova Era Review | Ruling an Empire is Hard

Puppet Tabletop

Puppet Tabletop

All the Games with Steph: Nova EraHow to play1:52:37

All the Games with Steph: Nova Era

Steph Hodge

Steph Hodge

Nova Era a fresh new take on civ building, but...Review1:18:55

Nova Era a fresh new take on civ building, but...

Rahdo Runs Through

Rahdo Runs Through

How to play Nova EraHow to play12:24

How to play Nova Era

JestaThaRogue

JestaThaRogue

Нумограй від Sayonara BoardcastPlaythrough2:43:32

Нумограй від Sayonara Boardcast

Sayonara Play

Sayonara Play

Nova Era: 2 Player Play ThroughPlaythrough2:45:48

Nova Era: 2 Player Play Through

The Meeple Monkey

The Meeple Monkey

Lanlalen EP532: Nova EraReview41:00

Lanlalen EP532: Nova Era

Lanlalen ลานละเล่น

Lanlalen ลานละเล่น

Nova Era Review: Your Obelisk is ObsoleteReview36:22

Nova Era Review: Your Obelisk is Obsolete

The Dice Tower

The Dice Tower

Nova Era, Wrath of Fire Mountain Reviews & More! Pokémon Board Games - Shelf Love #6Review14:23

Nova Era, Wrath of Fire Mountain Reviews & More! Pokémon Board Games - Shelf Love #6

JestaThaRogue

JestaThaRogue

Nova Era: First ImpressionsReview22:38

Nova Era: First Impressions

The Board Gaming Doctor

The Board Gaming Doctor

Nova Era - How To PlayHow to play33:06

Nova Era - How To Play

Watch It Played

Watch It Played

Nova Era - How To Play33:06

Nova Era - How To Play

Watch It Played

Watch It Played

How to play Nova Era12:24

How to play Nova Era

JestaThaRogue

JestaThaRogue

All the Games with Steph: Nova Era1:52:37

All the Games with Steph: Nova Era

Steph Hodge

Steph Hodge

The Discriminating Gamer: Nova Era12:46

The Discriminating Gamer: Nova Era

The Discriminating Gamer

The Discriminating Gamer

Nova Era Review: Your Obelisk is Obsolete36:22

Nova Era Review: Your Obelisk is Obsolete

The Dice Tower

The Dice Tower

Nova Era a fresh new take on civ building, but...1:18:55

Nova Era a fresh new take on civ building, but...

Rahdo Runs Through

Rahdo Runs Through

How did Nova Era rank in our big December game fest?1:54:11

How did Nova Era rank in our big December game fest?

Rahdo Runs Through

Rahdo Runs Through

Board Games with Rob Overview/Review20:47

Board Games with Rob Overview/Review

Board Games with Rob

Board Games with Rob

Nova Era Review | Ruling an Empire is Hard14:10

Nova Era Review | Ruling an Empire is Hard

Puppet Tabletop

Puppet Tabletop

Nova Era: First Impressions22:38

Nova Era: First Impressions

The Board Gaming Doctor

The Board Gaming Doctor

Lanlalen EP532: Nova Era41:00

Lanlalen EP532: Nova Era

Lanlalen ลานละเล่น

Lanlalen ลานละเล่น

Nova Era: The Civilization Builder That Doesn't Waste Your Time!5:12

Nova Era: The Civilization Builder That Doesn't Waste Your Time!

Ronald aka The BoardGameBruh

Ronald aka The BoardGameBruh

Nova Era, Wrath of Fire Mountain Reviews & More! Pokémon Board Games - Shelf Love #614:23

Nova Era, Wrath of Fire Mountain Reviews & More! Pokémon Board Games - Shelf Love #6

JestaThaRogue

JestaThaRogue

Nova Era: 2 Player Play Through2:45:48

Nova Era: 2 Player Play Through

The Meeple Monkey

The Meeple Monkey

ลองนั่งเล่น NOVA ERA33:25

ลองนั่งเล่น NOVA ERA

Board Band Studio

Board Band Studio

Нумограй від Sayonara Boardcast2:43:32

Нумограй від Sayonara Boardcast

Sayonara Play

Sayonara Play

The Discriminating Gamer: Nova Era unboxing with Ray20:01

The Discriminating Gamer: Nova Era unboxing with Ray

The Discriminating Gamer

The Discriminating Gamer

[4K] Nova Era - Unboxing11:26

[4K] Nova Era - Unboxing

So Many Games, So Little Time SMGSLT

So Many Games, So Little Time SMGSLT

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Creators who cover this

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JestaThaRogue
JestaThaRogue
2 videos of this game
Rahdo Runs Through
Rahdo Runs Through
2 videos of this game
The Discriminating Gamer
The Discriminating Gamer
2 videos of this game
Board Band Studio
Board Band Studio
1 video of this game
Board Games with Rob
Board Games with Rob
1 video of this game
Lanlalen ลานละเล่น
Lanlalen ลานละเล่น
1 video of this game
Puppet Tabletop
Puppet Tabletop
1 video of this game
Ronald aka The BoardGameBruh
Ronald aka The BoardGameBruh
1 video of this game

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About Nova Era

From BoardGameGeek:

In Nova Era, players guide their civilization from humble tribal beginnings to vast scientific empires, navigating the twists and turns through eras of history. Harness the power of technology, expand territories, and enlist famous (and sometimes infamous) personalities from across history. Civilizations face constant threats from rival nations, natural disasters, social unrest, and the ever-looming possibility of a dark age. The objective of Nova Era is to build the greatest civilization. This is done by strategically choosing the most beneficial technologies, territories, and personalities from the tableau, evolving them as the players go through the annals of time. Players score by having a variety and/or majority of different technology types, as well as fulfilling various card objectives. Gameplay revolves around drafting and spending dice, with different dice types providing different resources, bonuses, and penalties for players. Overextending your own dice leads to civil unrest, and dice unused by players fill up the progress bars of natural disasters and the Dark Age, affecting all players across the table. Once all dice actions are taken, an era ends and a new one begins. At the end of three eras, the game ends and the most prosperous civilization wins! -description from the publisher

Designer

Andrea Chiarvesio

Artist

Agnès Ripoche

Publisher

CMON Global Limited

Categories

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Mechanics

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